Plastic Surgery Physician
NUCC 208200000X · Plastic Surgery
5,431 CMS NPPES-registered providers across 53 states · 130th of 690 specialties by headcount.
Where this specialty sits in the corpus
Plastic Surgery Physician ranks 130th of 690 NUCC specialties by CMS NPPES headcount (0.07% of all registered NPIs), densest in California; per resident District of Columbia leads.
- 5,431
- NPPES providers in specialty
- 130th
- of 690 specialties
- 552
- state-share HHI
- 60.6%
- Part D prescriber share
District of Columbia is densest per capita (3.3× the national rate; Rhode Island 1.5×); 90.4% of the Plastic Surgery category.
Taxonomy fingerprint
Plastic Surgery Physician (NUCC 208200000X; 60.6% Part D prescribers (3,293 of 5,431); avg 88 Part D claims/prescriber (503rd of 572); Open Payments avg $5K/physician (84th of 551; 3,398 paid, $18.6M total); state-share HHI 552; next-larger headcount neighbor Case Management Registered Nurse (+305); next-smaller Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (-257)).
Next larger: Case Management Registered Nurse (5,736) Next smaller: Thoracic Surgery (Cardiothoracic Vascular Surgery) Physician (5,174)
Population-adjusted state index
Each multiple is this specialty's providers-per-resident in a state divided by the national rate (Census Vintage population estimates). Raw headcount favors large states; this ranking surfaces denser markets.
Over-indexed vs national rate
- District of Columbia 3.3× · 5.3/100k
- Rhode Island 1.5× · 2.4/100k
Under-indexed vs national rate
- Puerto Rico 0.37× · 0.6/100k
- Alabama 0.41× · 0.7/100k
- Vermont 0.48× · 0.8/100k
- Idaho 0.48× · 0.8/100k
- Montana 0.50× · 0.8/100k
Which states have the most providers?
| # | State | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | 813 |
| 2 | Florida | 487 |
| 3 | New York | 422 |
| 4 | Texas | 399 |
| 5 | Ohio | 206 |
| 6 | Illinois | 204 |
| 7 | Pennsylvania | 204 |
| 8 | New Jersey | 191 |
| 9 | Michigan | 172 |
| 10 | Georgia | 168 |
| 11 | Massachusetts | 136 |
| 12 | Virginia | 128 |
| 13 | North Carolina | 126 |
| 14 | Arizona | 115 |
| 15 | Minnesota | 113 |
Top Cities for Plastic Surgery Physician
| # | City | Providers |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | New YorkNew York | 199 |
| 2 | HoustonTexas | 108 |
| 3 | ChicagoIllinois | 84 |
| 4 | Beverly HillsCalifornia | 79 |
| 5 | San FranciscoCalifornia | 74 |
| 6 | Los AngelesCalifornia | 66 |
| 7 | AtlantaGeorgia | 62 |
| 8 | MiamiFlorida | 58 |
| 9 | BostonMassachusetts | 51 |
| 10 | DallasTexas | 51 |
| 11 | RochesterMinnesota | 48 |
| 12 | Saint LouisMissouri | 48 |
Sample Plastic Surgery Physician NPIs
A directory sample from this NUCC code (not a ranking). Names and locations are unique to this taxonomy.
| # | Provider |
|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Schwartz, M.D.West Palm Beach, FL |
| 2 | Lyle Back, M.D.Cherry Hill, NJ |
| 3 | Daniel Kapp, M.D.West Palm Beach, FL |
| 4 | William Dierberg, M.D.Green Bay, WI |
| 5 | Martin Johnson, M.D.San Antonio, TX |
| 6 | Frederick Duffy, M.D.Dallas, TX |
| 7 | Eugene Schmitt, M.D.Green Bay, WI |
| 8 | Jorge Menendez, MD,FACSSan Antonio, TX |
| 9 | David Mobley, M.D.Jacksonville, FL |
| 10 | Teresa Buescher, MDWashington, DC |
| 11 | John Baeke, M.D.San Antonio, TX |
| 12 | Mark Barlow, M.D.Webster, TX |
| 13 | Marilyn Miller, M.D.Westminster, MD |
| 14 | Donald Schassberger, M.D.Waterville, ME |
| 15 | Neil Klein, M.D.Whittier, CA |
| 16 | Lisa Hunsicker, MD, FACSLittleton, CO |
| 17 | Scott Tucker, MDWinston Salem, NC |
| 18 | Stephen Lex, MDFlagstaff, AZ |
Related Specialties
Adjacent specialties in the NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy - same Plastic Surgery category.
Compare Plastic Surgery Physician vs Surgery of the Hand (Plastic Surgery) Physician →
Frequently Asked Questions
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Data sources and methodology
Provider data from CMS NPPES (download.cms.gov/nppes). Specialty classification from NUCC Health Care Provider Taxonomy (nucc.org). Part D averages from the CMS Medicare Part D Prescriber PUF; industry payments from CMS Open Payments 2024. Counts reflect self-designated primary taxonomy at NPI enrollment. PlainDoctor does not rate or rank providers. Methodology · About
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